Sure, if you go to the Inaugural Ball you get to watch Jennifer Hudson sing "Let's Stay Together" while the Obamas dance. But based on the dispatches from intrepid reporters at Obama's Inaugural Ball, those of us who were stuck at home should consider ourselves lucky; the conditions there sound atrocious — squalid, even. For starters, the food: the available snacks include "Cheez-Its crackers and stale pretzels." The horror.

And what if you get thirsty after consuming such mediocre snacks? Tough shit – the lines for drinks are practically miles long. The same Buzzfeed post notes "the lines for drinks in the cavernous main space go dozens deep," a report which the New York Observer's Hunter Walker confirms.

I have been in line for drink tickets for about five minutes and I'm not even halfway through. They better be doing seriously stiff pouts